KOSOVO -- GOI RESPONSE ON PROPOSED RECONFIGURATION

C O N F I D E N T I A L JAKARTA 001181 SIPDIS DEPT FOR EAP, EAP/MTS, EAP/MLS, IO/UNP, EUR/SCE IO/UNP FOR JOHN MARIZ EUR/SCE FOR JOSHUA BLACK NSC FOR E.PHU E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/17/2018 TAGS: PREL UNSC UNMIK ID KO SUBJECT: KOSOVO -- GOI RESPONSE ON PROPOSED RECONFIGURATION OF UNMIK REF: STATE 64270 Classified By: Deputy Pol/C Daniel E. Turnbull, reasons 1.4 (b+d). ¶1. (C) On June 17, Poloff met with Fikry Cassidy Deputy Director for International Security at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU),to discuss reftel points. Poloff underscored the UN Secretary General's reasons for reconfiguring the UN mission in Kosovo and requested that the GOI support the reconfiguration. Cassidy said he was unable able to provide an official response to the U.S. request because the Indonesian Foreign Minister, Hasan Wirajuda, was attending the Organization of Islamic Countries (OIC) conference in Kampala, Uganda. Cassidy said Wirajuda would return to Jakarta on June 21. ¶2. (SBU) Cassidy emphasized that the GOI had not recognized Kosovo as an independent country but said the GOI might be willing to consider the Secretary General's proposed reconfiguration of the UNMIK mission. HUME